Improved bell-lever box



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Letters Patent No. 91,019, dated .Tame 8, 1869.

IMPROVED BELL-LEVER BOX.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of the name.

To all 'whom fit may conce/m:

Be it known `that I, BIrIJAJinhY W. HOPPER, of Astoria, Queens county, in the -State of New York, have invented a new and improved Bell-Lever Box; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved bell-lever box, the cap-nut being removed'and part of the socketplate being broken away.

Figure` 2 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line x x, g. 1.

Similar lettersy of reference indicate corresponding parts. y

My invention has for its object to improve the constrnction of bell-leverfboxes, so as to make them less liable to get out of order, more easily adjusted, more conveniently attached to the wall, and which may be readily adjusted for a right or left lever; and

It consists in the construction of the box, as herei'n- A after more fully described;

A represents the bell-lver box, which is cast with `lugs a', for convenience in attaching it to its support.

The box A is made entirely close, except the openings, to receive the spout B, through which the -bell- Wire passes, and the pipe C, through which a wire may be passed leading up to the upper rooms of the house, when required. f

The wire-spout B is detachable, so that it may be attached with equal facility, whether the box -bc adjnsted for a right or 'left movement of the lever.

' By making the box A close, it isinipossible for particles of the plastering to drop into the spout B and choke it up, 'impeding the action of the bell-wire. i

To enable the pipe C to be conveniently attached, whether the box A be adj usted for a right or left-hand movement of the lever, two holes are formed in the box A for its reception, one upon cach side of the hole for the spout B, as shown in lig. 1.

D is the socket or seat, to which the lever E is pivoted, and which is secured in place in the box A by screws, screwing into the support to which the box A is secured, so that no blocking will be required.

In the-case of wooden houses, the socket or seat D is screwed to the same timber to which the box A is secured. A

In the case of brick houses, the box A is secured, by screws or rivets, to a plate, F, extending beyond the sides of the box A so far that nails may be driven through said plate into the seams between the bricks.

In this case, a metal or other block or back, G, should be securely attached to the rear side of the plate F, and entering a recess formed in the brickwork to receive it, into which enter the screws, by which the lever, socket, or seat D is secured in place.

This construction enables the apparatus to be attached to a wooden or brick house with equal facility.

vH is the cap-nut, which is screwed upon the outer end of the lever-pivot in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The close bell-lever box A, constructed with sockets,- to receive the spout B and pipeO, either or both, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plate F and block or back G with the box A, and with the socket or seat D, substantiall y as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 31st day of March, 1869.

Witnesses: BENJ. W. HOPPER.

FRANK BLOCKLEY, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

